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 Solid waste
Solid waste contributes to pollution and represents the unnecessary
consumption of resources; hazardous waste contributes to pollution as well
as to natural capital degradation, health problems, and premature deaths.

Industrial solid waste

Municipal solid waste (MSW)

Hazardous, or toxic waste

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Solid Waste Management

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 Solid waste management
 We attempt to control wastes in ways that reduce their

environmental harm without seriously trying to reduce

the amount of waste produced.

 A sustainable approach to solid waste is first to

reduce it,

then to reuse or

recycle it, and

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Integrated waste management

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 Methods of Discarding Wastes

1. Sanitary Land fill

2. Biocompost

3. Incineration

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Sanitary Land Fill

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Sanitary Landfills – Advantages/ Disadvantages

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Biocompost

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Incineration

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Incineration

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Incineration – Advantages/ Disadvantages

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Solid waste management -Priority

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Hazardous waste

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 Solutions
Physical methods for detoxifying hazardous wastes:
include using charcoal or resins to filter out harmful solids, distilling liquid wastes to
separate out harmful chemicals, and precipitating, or allowing natural processes to
separate, such chemicals from solution.

Chemical methods are used to convert hazardous:

chemicals to harmless or less harmful chemicals through chemical reactions

Nanomagnets:
magnetic nanoparticles coated with certain compounds that can remove various pollutants
from water.

Biological methods for treatment of hazardous waste:

-bioremediation, in which bacteria and enzymes help to destroy toxic or hazardous
substances, or convert them to harmless compounds.

-phytoremediation, which involves using natural or genetically engineered plants to absorb,

filter, and remove contaminants from polluted soil and water
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Vegetation cover to reduce the impact of pollution

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Solution to solid waste

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